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No. 223,883.- Patented Jan. 27,1880.;

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N.PETERS. PHOTOMTHCGRAPHCR. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE W. OHAMBERLIN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD W. VAILL, OF SAME PLAGE.

FOLDING CHAIR AND SE1-TEE.

`SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 223,883, dated January 27, 1880.

Application filed May 12, 1879.

To all 'whom t may concern ""Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CHAMBER- LIN, of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvementin Folding Chairs and Settees, of which the following is a specification.

In this chair there are folding X-legs and folding arms. The back is suspended near the upper edge frein` the upper ends of the arms.

The seat is hinged at the back to the top of the front legs, and such seat rests at its front edge upon the cross-rail between the upper ends of the back legs, and the bottom edge of the back rests upon the seat, and is united to the same by pins or cleats.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section transversely to the seat and back. Fig.

2 is a froiit elevation, and Fig. 3 is a section ofthe chair or settee folded.

This improvement is especially adapted to settees but by shortening the length of the seut and back portions and the connectingrails the same is equally available fora chair.

The X-legs a b are united together at the central rail, c, and they are also connected by the bottoni rails, d d, and seat-rails e f.

The rigid seat g is attached at the back, preferably to the rail j' between the'upper ends of the front legs, and said seat rests upon the front rail, e. The front sti fi'enn g-tlan ge, h, prevents the X-legs spreading by the Weight on the seat; or there may be hooks upon the under side of the seat for the same purpose. These hooks are shown in Fig. l by dotted lines.

The arm-pieces k are pivoted at their lower ends to the cross-rail e, and supported by the links l from the back rail f, to the pivot z', and there may be rests or arm o upon the armpieees le. ciently above the seat and to the rear to suspend the back m from the pivots n.

The lower edge of the back rests upon the seat g, and it is prevented from moving backwardly by pins ordowels connecting such seat 45 and baok 5 or there may be a cleat at the baek edge of the seat for the saine purpose.

When the top edge of the back is lifted the dowels separate, the lower edge of the back can be swung forwardly, the front edge of the 5o seat raised, and the X-legs will spread apart at the bottom, and the ehair or settee will fold downwardly, the back lying upon the seat7 as indicated in Fig. 3; and the parts will occupy but little space in transportation.

I claim as my invention- The co1nbination,in a folding chair or settee, ot' the folding X-legs, rail e, seat g, hinged at the baek, the flange or hooks h at the front edge of the seat, the folding arm-pieces k, 6o links l, and back m, suspended nearits upper edge from the arms k, substantially as set forth.

Signed by ine this 30th day of April, A. D. 187-9.

GEORGE WV. OHAMBERLIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. WAKEEIELD, TRoIL J. BARNARD.

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